While our mobility equity and justice work continues year-round, this week we continue our Black History Month celebration by (re)introducing you to another Black champion who is shaping Denver’s present and future.
Pam Jiner is a longtime – and award-winning – community leader in Denver. If you want to know about walking or Montbello or both, call this America Walks Walking College Fellow. (You’ll probably end up on a walking tour with her. And if you want to be an America Walks Fellow like Pam, apply by February 28.)
Pam grew up in the Montbello neighborhood, where she is Program Director for Montbello Walks and serves as a community advocate for GirlTrek, a national health movement that activates thousands of Black women to be change makers in their lives and communities through walking. Pam is truly a civic superhero: Not only does she co-chair the Montbello 20/20 Registered Neighborhood Organization, she also serves on RTD’s Montbello Transit Stakeholder Committee, the Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee, the Denver Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, and the Denver Parks and Recreation Planning and Design Committee. Watch a 9News interview with Pam about ending traffic deaths and injuries (Vision Zero) and read her Streetsblog Denver op ed about sidewalks in Montbello. We’re grateful Pam is part of our Denver Streets Partnership community!